Metallic railroad-tie.



VR. SER/AFIN.- MEIALLIG RAILROAD TIE. APPLICATION FILED AUG. 27, 1913.

Patente@ Am. 14, 1914.

- of .-thetie showing- -the-,f'several' parts Ade -f tached- `-lFig. 142? isa perspective View ofone of thefrailclamps.` Fig. is a modi- METALLIC liAiLRoAnTIE 'A Appnation mea August 27, 1913. serial N. 786,903.

To all whom it may concern:

ile it known that' I, RoiuaNoj Siinainw, citizen ofthe United States,'residing at Stafford Springs, in the county of Tolland and State of Connecticut, .have invented een4 tain new and useful Improvements in Metald lic RailroadfTies, ot which the' folloavingjis a specification.' l The object, of the invention-is to. 'providev a practical metallic railroad tieadapted-for' universal use. Y

A further object-` 'o i'itlfie"iinventioni` is provide improvements ondevice's -ofrthe elty and advantage."-

class' speciied which have'fea'tures of "nov-'1 'ithertoandsaid bolts T12-'are preferably To theseends 'and also-to; improve gener'-` 1 usedlj to; secureq'clampsf -13- againatY the ally upon devices ofsthe o las. specified, the-- invention consists'l in" thef,a

farious matters 'hereinafterdescribednd'claimedf" F gure l-` isalaterlvieiv-of one 'end fication.

Referring to? t-hef drawings as theV illus'- vt-rated embodimentfo the invention, the tie proper, which -is preferably. offonefpiece; has

'aloa'sel section'l '-1- and'a'llange scetion' -,-arranged at-y right a-ngfgles` with ,each lother. so. that-thebodyL-partof' the tieis l 'a receptacle carrying a resilient bloclnfor silient block." Gn theA inside'ofsaid' clamp #(5-5 'I prefer totarrange -a nonconducting material'to be ineontact with .therall so 1n said 'rail oannot that anv electric current be carried to the' metallic-tie.

Under thebase. part #f1-fof thetiel areA arranged 'adjustahle clamps L8- adapted to lengage vany.longitudin'aljgirde-rs Such as Specification ofi-.Letters Patent. Patenittl Apr. 14, 19T- 1L thosev in. lafloridgefortrestle. The clamps t aS-*are pre'liefrably'adjustablo 'by means of -a bolt 5 971- secured thereto and adapted to ride 1n a sl0b --10- in the base-portion of said tie. f

j It is desirablfto have I netallic@ties` Silit# able' for arranging thereon .ci-oss#overs .ori` switches, and -this' `i`s pfrefernlj ly accoinf plished by securinganglegironpieces -l le? o n ,theflangesection of the ltie. Resili'ent'llo'cks are then mounted on the angle-.iron pleces:v andpreferably `bolted tionbeing strongen'a-nd suitably adapted to receive-the bolts 'f The tiepropei; 'lis'- preferal'lly iliade' of; rollednietal and issuitably clit-:may to -receive the' `receptaclcsj -3- andthe whole device" is one 'suitablegfor universal use under all conditions.

- Wl1at-I fclaim vis-. A

lfA `metallic railroad tie 'T-shaped in jEspecially-adapted for across-over tie `istheltieshown in the moditieatiim` Fig; 3, 'Whicliv-SQ'preferafliy jf-shaped in' cross sac- Cross section partially cut-away to `rerieive! a Lrail, said `receptacle having at each ygend thereofV projections adapted to receive -thc jup-right section 'of said tie therebetween;

.'2. 'A metallic railroadftie, carrying a rc1 silient block of insulating' material. in a undA ta-llioreceptacle secured to said-tie, andV a cla-mp partially constructed ot insulating materialg-securing said receptacle to the rail. Snbstantially'a's described. f v

I n testimony whereof I atiixnysignature i'n'presence of two' Witr'lesses.v f lROll'IAlO SERAFIN. Vl'itnesses 'GEonoE'W; EATON,

lGuo. B. WARD.

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' fwnshtugton, D. C. 

